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A. G. CAREY.

APPARATUS FOR UsE IN COPYING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES AND THE LIKE.

No. 370,683 E Patented Sept. 27,1887.

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APPARATUS FOR USE IN COPYING TELEGRAPH MESSAGES AND THE LIKE.

No. 370,683 Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

I Attorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS O. CAREY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN COPYING TELEGRAPH-MESSAGES AND THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming par-t of Letters Patent No. 370,683, datedSeptember 27, 1887.

Application filed March 3, 1887.

written instruments or documents simultaneously with the production ofthe original.

For the sake of simplifying this description, I will proceed to setforth my invention as applied to writing the original and copy or copiesof telegraphic messages at the receiving-station; but in doing so I wishit distinctly understood that I do not thereby limit my invention tothis single application thereof, and here expressly state that theinvention is useful in general business for obtaining original andfac-simile copies simultaneously, or obtaining any number of copiesalong with the original. The practical utility. of the invention in thisparticular is obviously very great in manifolding way-bills or manifestsand documents of like character used by express companies, orfreight-forwarders, and others.

For the sake of clearness I will hereinafter designate that one of thewritten instruments as the original, which first receives the writingimplement, and all others as copies.

The invention consists in an apparatus for simultaneously producing anoriginal and any desired number of copies of instruments in writing,composed of a frame and asuitable support therefor, the frame havingside pieces, which receive a roll of paper or other writing materialupon which the original is to be inscribed, and which is arranged nextto the frame-support, additional'rolls of copying paper or materialequal in number to the number of copies desired to be obtained alsoarranged in said side pieces beyond the first-named roll of writingmaterial and unrolled over the said firstnamed roll, thence under theframe-support and over the opposite edge of said support, and thenceback again over the top of the said support to the frame, a winding-drumSerial No. 229,661. (No model.)

also arranged in said side pieces to receive the copying material, and afriction-roll arranged above the drum and gravitating thereupon toengage the material from the first-named roll and feed it, and a motorto impart a positive intermittent rotary motion to the windingdrum,which, as will be observed, is transmitted to the feed-roll, allcombined and arranged to operate as hereinafter more particularly setforth and claimed.

In the accompanying-drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a planview with the original partly separated and turned up to expose thecopy. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation withthe table in cross-section.

The drawings illustrate the invention for telegraphers use.

a is an ordinary table, which may be occupied with the telegraphersinstruments. cured to this table is a frame, I), composed of connectedside pieces, 0 d, and brackets e, by means of which last the frame maybe attached to the table. The side pieces, 0 d, and brackets 6 may becast together or otherwise rigidly connected. The side pieces, 0 d, areadapted to receive rolls f g of paper. The upper roll,

. f, will contain the paper for the original, and

the lower roll, 9, will contain the paper for the copy. I

The side pieces 0' may be elongated or otherwise adapted to receive anynumber of rolls, 9, of copying-paper.

The web of paper is led from the copy-roll up over the original roll f,thence underneath the table and over its front edge up across the top ofthe table. In order to lessen the friction of the paper on thetable, thefront edge of the table may be provided with a roller, h. After therequisite number of copying-webs have been thus arranged upon the table,their ends are secured in any suitable manner to a winding roll or drum,13, which has hearings in the side pieces 01. Asone mode of so se- 9curing these webs to the said drum 6, I have shown the said drumprovided with a recess and a spline, j, about which the webs are passedand then forced into the recess in the drum, substantially as issometimes done in securing, for example, a curtain to its roller; but Ido not restrict my invention to any mode of attaching the copying-websto this windingdrum. After the copying-webs are thus secured to thewinding-drum the original is passed from its roll beneath thecopying-webs on the under side of the table, and then above saidcopying-webs on the top of the table, and thence extended up over thewinding-drum, but unconnected therewith, so that the said original runsout at the rear of the machine free and hangs down from and above thewinding-roll.

In order to keep the several webs down flat upon the table in positionfor being written upon, all of the said several webs are passed beneatha hold-down bar, 70, extending from one to the other of the brackets e.In order to enable the winding-drum to feed the original, I provide aloose gravitating roller, 1, above the said windingdrum and having itsbearings against the front edges of the side pieces d.

If desired, a shield, m, may be provided at the front edge of the tablein order to protect the paper from contact with the writers person.

The shaft n of the winding-roll is extended beyond the side pieces d,and provided with a drum, 0, and ratchet p, and a crank, g. This drumreceives a winding-cord, 7, one end of which is made fast to a spring,.9, and the other end secured to a treadle, t. This spring 8 may be seenred to the lower part of the table-frame, as indicated in Fig. 3. \Vhenthe treadlet is depressed, the pressure thereupon acting against thetension of the spring 8 will cause the cord 1' to bind frietionally uponthe drum and rotate said drum in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 3, tothus wind the copying-paper upon the windingdrum. A dog, it, engages theratchet p, and hence when the pressure upon the treadle is released thespring resumes its normal position without reversing the winding-drum.

The throw of the treadle will be so adjusted as that one depressionthereof will serve to feed the paper forward a message blank length-thatis to say, one motion of the treadle will be sufficient to remove theoriginal written document, and at the same time wind up the copiesthereof on the windingroller and put in position for another documentboth the original web and corresponding copy-webs.

As a matter of convenience the original web of telegraph message blanksmay have its blanks separated by lines of perforations, as indicated inFigs. 1 and 2, so that after the message is written the messenger mayconveniently tear off the message for delivery, the copy being wound upand preserved on the winding roller.

Should it be desired to preserve the copy as it is wound upon thewinding-roller when made the said winding-roller may be made detachablefrom its shaft and replaceable by an empty winding-roller; but, ofcourse, the copy may be preserved in any other desired or convenientmanner.

By this method it will be seen that all necessity for press-copy booksand copying-presses, with their attendant inconveniences anduncertainties, is obviated, and not only so, but the user has afac-simile copy of the telegraphmessage made simultaneously with themaking of the said message.

The copy may be made from the original by interposing carbon sheetsbetween the original web and copying web or webs, and the messagewritten with a stylus, pen, pencil, or other suitable or usualwritingimplement; butwhere a large number of copies is to be made Iprefer to use the mechanical pen for which Letters Patent No. 304,613were granted to me September 2, 1884, and to arrange such pen foroperation in connection with the apparatus for which Letters Patent No.304,614 were granted to me on the same date; and the frame and otherappliances herein set forth may be applied to the table shown in saidPatent No. 304,614.

I have already said that any number of copywebs may be employed inaccordance with the desired number of copies; but where various anddifferent documents are to be written and a number of copies is desiredover and above the number of copy-webs already in position theadditional copies may be obtained by inserting beneath the originalloose copy-sheets, and when the document is written these additionalcopy-sheets may be removed by hand.

For some work it will not be desired to roll up the copies on thewinding-drum, and in that event only one of the copy-webs may be rolledup on the winding-drum, and the others may be passed freely over it withthe original; or all of the copies may pass over the windingdrum withthe original web. In thislast case the feeding forward of the webs willbe cffected by friction only.

It will be understood from an inspection of my mechanical pen patentreferred to that the original and all the copies are made by driving theink or writing-fluid through all of the several sheets of paper, andthat therefore all the copies are imperishable and incapable ofobliteration or alteration without instant de tection.

Without specifying the various purposes to which myinvention may beapplied in the way of obtaining written instruments in duplicate ormultiple, I may say that the invention in this particular is of generalapplication where this object is desirable.

The crank q may be used for operating the winding-drum by hand.

What I claim is- Y 1. A frame and support therefor, holdinga series ofrolls of paper, the webs from which are passed under and then over theframe-support, combined with an intermittently-rotated windingdrum onsaid support, and a frictional feed-roll superposed upon suchWinding-drum, substantially as described.

2. A frame and a support therefor, said frame having side piecessupporting a roll of writing material next to the frame-support withadditional rolls of copy paper or material equal in number to the numberof copies desired arranged in said side pieces beyond the first-namedroll of writing material and unrolled over the said first-namedroll,thence under the frame-support, over the edge of said supportopposite the frame, and thence back again over the top of the saidsupport to the frame, a winding-drum arranged in said side pieces toreceive the copying material, and a frictionroll to engage the materialfrom the first-named roll and feed it, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, to 'impartapositive intermittent rotary motion to thewinding-drum, which is transmitted to the feed roll, combinedsubstantially as setforth.

3. An apparatus for use in copying written instruments simultaneouslywith the production of the original, consisting of a table, a frameattached thereto and containing a number of rolls of paper equal innumber to the original and desired number of copies, awinding-drum,and afeed-gravitating roll arranged upon said drum, and means, substantiallyas described, to intermittently rotate said winding-drum and thereby thefeed-roll, the copying material being connected to the windingdrum andthe material for the original being passed between said winding-drumandthe feed-r0ll, combined and arranged substantially as set forth, wherebythe materials for the original and copies are drawn over the table inposition to be written upon, and when so supported in such frame withthe paper passed underneath said table and around and over theanti-friction device, thence over and upon the top of the table, and awinding-drum and a gravitating feed-roller for such paper superposed,upon said drum, substantially as described.

5. The table provided with an anti-friction device-such as a rolleronits front .edge, combined with the frame having rolls of paper supportedin such frame with the paper passed underneath said table and around andover the anti-friction device, thencev over and upon the top of thetable, a winding-drum and a gravitating feed-roller for such papersuperposed upon said drum, and a shield arranged over the paper at thefront edge of the table, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of March,A. D. 1887.

AUGUSTUS O. CAREY.

Witnesses:

J. S. TOMLINsoN, S. E. TOMLINSON.

